Scott County Courthouse (Missouri)
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| Location | 131 S. Winchester St., Benton, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 37°5′48″N 89°33′50″W / 37.09667°N 89.56389°W |
| Area | 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) |
| Built | 1912 |
| Built by | McCarthy, J.W. |
| Architect | Hohenschild, H.H. |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| NRHP reference No. | 03001505[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 28, 2004 |
Scott County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Benton, Scott County, Missouri. It was designed by architect Henry H. Hohenschild and built in 1912. It is a reinforced concrete Beaux Arts style building sheathed in brick. It has a "T"-plan consisting of a three-story, five-bay, central block with two-story wings. Three bays of the central block are recessed behind colossal Ionic order columns that support a dentiled entablature. It features terra cotta and cast stone ornamentation.[2]: 5 [3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ John Kendig & Tom Lett and Tiffany Patterson (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Scott County Courthouse" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved February 1, 2017. (includes 11 photographs from 2003)
- ^ Earngey, Bill (1995). Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion. University of Missouri Press. p. 14. ISBN 9780826210210.
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